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Originally Posted by DampRobot
Perhaps these students have a negative attitude because they believe that the knowledge is unnecessary, and have been taught by previous teachers that they are "bad at math."
(My own opinion is that any truly great student can succeed with any teacher, and any truly great teacher can succeed with any group of students. The problem is that both of these occurrences are quite rare.)
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I would argue that it is quite common for a good student to succeed in spite of poor teaching or poor curriculum. Kids with good parents can show up to school already interested and curious about everything, and that's half the battle. A lot of these kids are so good that you almost can't screw them up unless you try to.
The presence of a bunch of those kids probably causes some unwarranted complacency. "The system is working great for some people."
"Johnny works hard and does well - what's your problem?" etc.